Clothes-hanger rack.



W. M. JOHNSON. CLOTHES HANGER RACK. APPLIGATION FILED MAYZB, 19m.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

Inventor Attorneys Witnesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WTLL'IAM M. JOHNSON, 0F BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 JOHN W. ALTMAN, 0F BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

CLOTHES-HANGER RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 28, 1913.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

Serial No. 770,510.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VILLIAM M. JOHN- son, a citizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Jeti'crson and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful 'Clot-hes-I'langer Rack, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to a rack for clothes hangers, and aims to provide a novel and improved device of that character.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a clothes hanger rack of simple, substantial and inexpensive construction, which shall be portable or readilyconveyed within a small compass, such as traveling bag, trunk or the like, from one place to another, and which shall be convenient, serviceable and efiicient in its use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a rack of the nature specified which may be applied to a Wall, door or other support in an efficient and ready manner, a single nail, hook or other supporting member only being necessary for the engagement of the rack to the Wall, door or the like.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the present invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention can be made within the scope of What is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rack. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail of the upper end of the body or back of the rack. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail of the lower end of the body. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body or back, which is preferably, although not necessarily, constructed of a bar or elongated block of wood. A wire bracket is attached to or supported by the back 1. This bracket embodies a horizontal arin 2 having a series of depending loops 3 throughout its length, and has its inner or rear end passing through the back 1 adjoining the lower end of the back. The inner or rear end of the arm 2 is bent downwardly, as at 4, in rear of the back 1 and is formed into an eye 5 directly below the back 1. The bracket also embodies a brace 6 attached to the outer or forward end of the arm 2 and inclined rearwardly toward the upper end of the back 1. The upper end of the brace 6 is bent downwardly, as at 7, to bear against the outer or forward face of the back 1, and the wire then passes through the back 1 adjoining the upper end of the back, and is bent upwardly, in rear of the back, as at 8, to project above the back 1, the upturned portion or terminal of the wire being formed into an eye 9. The eyes 5 and 9 lie approximately in the plane of the rear or inner face of the back, in order that the back together with the eyes may rest flush against the door, wall or other supporting surface. The innermost loop 3 rests against the back 1, which togcther with the angular portion 7 of the brace (5, assist in supporting the arm 2 in an efiicient manner. The lower end of the brace 6 is attached to the outermost or forward loop 3. The wire 10 is passed laterally through the back 1 adjoining its lower end and at right angles to the arm 2, the ends 11 of the wire 10 being bent back upwardly and engaging within the sockets 12 formed in the edges of the back 1. The bights or loops 13 formed by the retlexcd ends 11 are bent rcarwardly into the plane of the rear face of the back, as clearly seen in Fig. 1, so that the bights or bends are adapted to contact with the door, wall or other supporting surface to which the back 1 is applied. The ends or terminals 11 being snapped or sprung into the sockets 12 will maintain the wire 10, or the oppositely projecting loops or wings 13, in position.

The rack is of such construction and proportions that it may be readily carried about, in a traveling bag, grip, or the like, so as to be employed by the traveling public in hotels, apartments and the like.

The rack is comparatively simple and compact, so as to economize space, both when being carried, and when in use, and it will be obvious, that the rack may be applied to various objects, such as a door, wall, or other supporting surface.

In applying the rack to a door, wall or other support it is merely necessary to engage the upper eye 9 over a nail, hook, or other supporting member, engaged to the door, or the like, so that the back 1 and loops or Wings 13 rest against the door,

When the rack is thus applied to an object, the usual clothes hangers 14 may be engaged to the loops 3 for supporting the clothes, it being manifest, that a plurality of hangers may be supported, and that the hangers may be separately or individually applied or removed. The construction is such, that the respective hangers 14 hung from the arm 2 will be eifectively supported notwithstanding the various conditions to which the device may be subjected when in use. lhe loops 13 in engaging the door, wall or the like, will prevent the rack from swinging sidewise and if desired, the lower eye 5 may be engaged over a nail, hook, or other projection, so as to prevent the lower end of the body from swinging.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A clothes hanger rack embodying an elongated block forming a back, a wire bracket including a horizontal arm and an inclined brace attached to the outer end of ends of the back and being formed into eyes, and a wire passed't-hrough the back at its lower end and havingits terminals bent back and engaged "with the back, the bights of the wire being bent back approximately into the plane of the rear face of the back.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atfixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

F. E. COHEN, J. E. POWELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

